:crying:This is my first experience w/ getting sick post band. I was running late this morning and didn't eat breakfast or take time to pack my lunch so I bought a toasted bagel w/ cream cheese at work. First clue should have been...I haven't eaten any bread since my surgery (duh). I must have eaten too fast and not chewed enough because now I feel like I'm on the verge of throwing up i.e sweaty, queezy, and overall sick nausea. Anyone else experienced this? If so, what should I do - just wait it out or drink water to push it through? :confused2:

:crying:This is my first experience w/ getting sick post band. I was running late this morning and didn't eat breakfast or take time to pack my lunch so I bought a toasted bagel w/ cream cheese at work. First clue should have been...I haven't eaten any bread since my surgery (duh). I must have eaten too fast and not chewed enough because now I feel like I'm on the verge of throwing up i.e sweaty, queezy, and overall sick nausea. Anyone else experienced this? If so, what should I do - just wait it out or drink Water to push it through? :confused2:

Oh I am so sorry. Yeah Bread and I do not get along at all and i am almost 6 months post op. I think most banders have experienced this at one time or another. chalk it up to a learning experience. ie don't do it again.

Ok if you drink water it may just make you throw up. I would wait it out. But if it has to come up let it come up. You do not want to get a block

if you do throw up or start sliming my doctor suggests going back to liquids for 24 hours.

throwing up can cause your stomach to swell.

Hope that you feel better.

we have "bagel day" at work on thursdays... i thought if i chewed really good things would be okay... they weren't.

i don't do good with foods being stuck. it hurt way too bad so i can usually make myself PB to get the food out. i stand in front of the toilet and bend at the waist. the stuck food usually pops out pretty quickly. (not that i'm encouraging you to do this)

i would NOT drink anything. it will only make things worse!

Bagels are NOT my friend anymore. Not to mention they have a gazillion carbs. I think they are so dense, they just swell inside. Drinking Water may only make it a lot worse where you have no choice but to have it come out.

Good luck . . . I know what you are going through and thank goodness those things all pass in time. I feel your pain.

I can't do bagels either. Just one of those foods that I have to do without...but there are other alternatives (wraps/pitas) that I do fine with.

Try to wait it out. I find if I drink afterwards it makes it worse - the Water ends up coming right up. If you get too uncomfortable call your doctor. I know, it hurts like hell. Try to hang in there.